| KESTRELS | Small falcons of open countryside, sometimes called windhovers (8) |
| SAKERS | Small falcons of Asia and north Africa (6) |
| KESTREL | Small falcon, also called windhover (7) |
| AIRFORCE | The Falcons of college sports |
| AIRFORCEACADEMY | The Falcons of the Mountain West Conference |
| PARKLAND | Leave your car and come ashore to open countryside (8) |
| BROOM | Gorse-like shrub of heaths and areas of open countryside/woodland; or, linked with "wagon" for the vehicle known in French as the "voiture balai" following the last rider in a road cycle race (5) |
| SWEEP | A chimney cleaner; a long oar; a curved drive, road or stretch of open countryside; or, the squeaky puppet pal of Sooty and Soo (5) |
| PLAIN | Uncluttered area of open countryside (5) |
| YELLOWHAMMERS | Cirl bunting-like birds of open countryside with songs likened by some ornithologists to the phrase |
| BARNOWL | Inhabiting open countryside and farmland, a protected species of "indicator" bird of prey with a heartshaped face and buff/white plumage (4,3) |
| VIEW | From the Latin meaning "to see", a prospect or sight of something such open countryside or other natural scenery; or, a work of art or a photograph depicting thus (4) |
| HEALTH | Condition of student found in open countryside (6) |
| HOBBS | Bat that is rescued from small falcons |
| MERLINS | Small falcons associated with Gresley 'A4' 60027 (7) |
| DRAWOUT | Elicit a sketch in the open countryside? (4,3) |
| HEATH | Erica may be seen in the open countryside (5) |
| KES | Name of the windhover in Barnsley-born Barry Hines's classic coming-of-age novel that was adapted for the screen by Ken Loach (3) |
| HOBBY | Small falcon's favourite pursuit? (5) |
| LESSER | Small migratory falcon of southern Europe and Asia that feeds on insects (6, 7) |
